From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: Outlook replacement Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 23:31:21 -0400 Message-ID: <4346.1301110281@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> References: <87aagjdo5g.fsf@gmail.com> <87ei5u9a8p.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <20110325185912.259714bd@bhishma.homelinux.net> <3187.1301105948@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> <20110325193035.34ad9768@bhishma.homelinux.net> Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=53402 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q3KEF-0000Zz-NH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 23:31:57 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q3KEE-0004gi-Mb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 23:31:55 -0400 Received: from vms173019pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.19]:62509) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q3KEE-0004ga-JH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 23:31:54 -0400 Received: from alphaville.dokosmarshall.org ([unknown] [173.76.32.106]) by vms173019.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0LIN0017HB498F70@vms173019.mailsrvcs.net> for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:31:26 -0500 (CDT) In-reply-to: Message from Suvayu Ali of "Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:30:35 PDT." <20110325193035.34ad9768@bhishma.homelinux.net> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Suvayu Ali Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Suvayu Ali wrote: >> I use fetchmail and postfix. They run in the background dealing with >> incoming and outgoing mail resp. - as far as emacs is concerned, all >> mail is local. > > I have tried that too but unsuccessfully, my understanding of mail > servers and email protocols are rather limited. I use several emails > accounts on markedly different email systems (GMail, Zimbra, some kind > of M$ mail server). Trying to talk to all these simultaneously seemed > extremely difficult. > Well, fetchmail can read POP or IMAP from various servers. Don't know anything about Zimbra, don't *want* to know anything about M$. > Also I often access email from multiple locations, home workstation, > university workstation and my laptop. Not sure how to deal with that. I > once tried OfflineImap but something came up before I could set it up > properly and I never had the time to get back to it. Maybe when I have > the time again. > That's tough: you'll need to leave the mail server-side so that you can access it from all the different machines, but that leaves you vulnerable to network outages. offlineIMAP might be a good solution for you. I get my email (three different servers) on a laptop that travels between home and work. The setup I have is enough for that. Nick